My favorite Andrew line was he would always refer to the 'linear lines' of Wing Chun. And he also ended up telling a chinese student that they didn't understand the meaning of the word chi. Because of his extensive knowledge of the language, of course. @_@

Trained with Sid (though I think he only ever taught me twice - rest of the time it was the other instructors). Started when I was 18 back in 1996. Trained for a year then moved away for uni, but moved back home after the first term so restarted and lasted 6 months before I realised how much bullshit was going on. In fact it was being expected to go fly posting around Tottenham at 11.30pm that made up my mind. Did it once and I quit training there straight after that. Told them I was moving away again to avoid having to deal with the constant phone calls. I was going for my 3rd scroll (!) by that time, so had now moved up into the advanced class that Sid taught himself.

Oh, and I remember when I was going for my 3rd Rank (I think) grading, I failed the grading by a point and a half so he graciously allowed me to pay him for a one hour private class on what I would need to improve, then pay to retake the grading, which I passed by eight points. Amazing what forty minutes before a twenty minute exam can do. @_@

No, but he had us all come in and paint it when he was refurbing it. I've never been much of a painter, but I did a whole day's work. Didn't get much actual painting done, but it's quite hard to paint a wall with a wooden dummy rack on it without getting any paint on the wooden dummy and without moving the rack. >_<